Effective mineral additive on the basis of wastes of petrochemical plants for a concrete structural mix

Abstract

The use of concrete in building allows obtaining reliable and long-lasting operation of buildings, but such conditions require concrete with specified characteristics. Today hardly one can produce a concrete structural mix of high quality without any additives. To control actively the structure and properties of a concrete mix and concrete, along with chemical additives, mineral additives are used. The mineral additives are the powders of various mineral nature, obtained from natural or man-made raw materials: ground slag, rocks, etc. The article introduces the method of obtaining a mineral additive for a structural mix, in particularly for concrete. Qualitative characteristics of the additive obtained were studied as follows: the index of the degree of grinding to be equal to 1, standard consistency (normal density) – (180±5) mm with a mass ratio of «additive: water») – 100: 70, setting time – beginning 20 min, water absorption 0.27%, water content 9.65%, the proportion of insoluble residue in hydrochloric acid solution is 1.70%. Implementation of the additive in the concrete composition has shown that the quality of the product does not fall, and the actual strength is 250.7 kgf/cm2, which is slightly higher than the strength of the concrete sample without an additive. It was determined that the quality of concrete products with a mineral additive corresponds to GOST as follows: density 1775 kg/m3; mass humidity 0.3%; volume humidity 0.5%. The introduction of a structural mix will significantly improve the properties of a concrete structural mix and will also reduce the fuel resources consumption for production of the concrete structural mix, products and constructions of its basis.

Keywords

• concrete structural mix
• active mineral additive
• sulfur-alkaline effluents of petrochemical plants
• waste soda